Hirata Family

Mas Hirata's father, Sakuhei Hirata, came to the United States from Kumamoto, Japan with a group of single men around 1890. He stopped in Hawaii for a short time, then went to the northwestern part of the United States. He settled in the state of Washington or Montana, where he worked for the railroad. From the northwest, he then moved to Watsonville, California to work for John Brakovich, an apple grower...